Brisket boat of garlic sailors on a mushroom sea

Just wanted to post a recipe I made last week, found here. Awesomely simple, if you have a slow cooker (crockpot). Doesn't really require a recipe, the steps are almost stupidly simple: take a hunk of brisket, poke it full of holes, fill said holes with peeled garlic cloves, season and throw in the slow cooker with sliced mushrooms and extra garlic, turn on for 8 hours on low.

Enough moisture comes out of the mushrooms and beef to let it simmer in its own juices. After 8 hours, the brisket pulls apart easily with a fork. We paired it with some sour cream mashed potatoes to soak up the goodness, and plenty of sauteed kale and onions. Mmmm...

Simple Slow Cooked Garlic Studded Grass-fed Beef Brisket 
(from Feasting on Fitness)

Cooking Time: Start to finish, about 8.5 hrs but 8 hrs of that are spent unattended while slow cooking

Ingredients:

• grass-fed beef brisket (we used about a 3-lb brisket--you could probably use any similar cut of roast)
• lots of garlic cloves (to save time and effort, you can buy whole, peeled garlic cloves*)
• lots of sliced mushrooms (to save time and effort, you can buy these sliced as well*)
• salt
• pepper

Method:

1. Add 1-2 packages of sliced mushrooms (or about 3-6 cups if you prepare them yourself) to the bottom of the slow cooker pot. Depending on the size of your brisket and your slow cooker, leave enough room for the brisket to sit on top of the mushrooms and still lid the pot. Add some whole garlic cloves to the mushrooms and distribute them.

2. Prepare the brisket by creating deep slits with your knife and inserting a garlic clove in each.  Try to get good coverage and be as thorough as you have the patience for.  Turn over the brisket and repeat on the underside and then try to get as many in the sides of the meat as possible.  Once finished, sprinkle on salt and pepper and rub it around the brisket to season it.

3. Place the brisket on top of the mushrooms and add another package or 3 cups of mushrooms on top and around the sides--basically jam in as many mushrooms as you can fit--remember, they cook down and they are adding some of the moisture that is keeping the roast tender and juicy.  Add any remaining garlic cloves you had leftover from the brisket studding or if you just want to add some more you have around, feel free--the more the merrier!

4. Now, set your slow cooker to Low for 8 hrs and walk away.